Added 9 October 2026
then
/ðɛn/ noun
In Latin: tum, deinde, tunc Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about then at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
adjective
adverb
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Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors).
then he left
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In that case or as a consequence.
if he didn't take it, then who did?
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At that time.
I was young then
Origin
From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
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